Weekly PC Sales: Spore Overtakes Warhammer

October 7, 2008 3:52 PM

After a strong debut at the top slot, Electronic Arts' Warhammer Online dropped to second place on the PC sales chart, settling behind EA's Spore across the period of September 21-27.

Civilization IV: Colonization made its debut at the number three spot, while newcomer LEGO Batman slipped in at the ninth position.

Spore / EA Maxis / $49 (Average)
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning / EA Mythic / $49 (Average)
Civilization IV: Colonization / Firaxis / $29 (Average)
Crysis Warhead / Crytek (Publisher: EA) / $28 (Average)
The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $29 (Average)
World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $38 (Average)
World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20 (Average)
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)
LEGO Batman / Traveller's Tales / $30 (Average)
World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade / Blizzard / $29 (Average)

Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor

Filed Under

From The Chatty

Refresh Go To Thread

PredatorPR

 reply
October 7, 2008 4:08 PM

Crysis Warhead great game, great price!
- wfalcon
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 4:17 PM
  
  Bitchy management!
- OverloadUT
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 4:19 PM
  
  Just because your game sells well doesn't mean it wasn't significantly hurt by piracy.
  - OverloadUT
    
     reply
    October 7, 2008 4:20 PM
    
    I can't believe there were only two threads and I managed to reply to the wrong one
    - Vorlonesque
      
       reply
      October 7, 2008 4:37 PM
      
      Don't worry I think she still loves you. But if she cheats on you again, thats when you kill her dog!
- easeup
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 4:21 PM
  
  yeap. its a kick ass game for just 30$
  - Wisp!
    
     reply
    October 7, 2008 4:27 PM
    
    With the multiplayer, they could have easily charged $50.
    - dedgecko
      
       reply
      October 7, 2008 7:29 PM
      
      why ? it pales in comparison to cod 4 or battlefield... Most of it was already present in the first crysis - and few people played in then.
      
      Less than 400 people were on the servers when I checked Saturday afternoon last weekend.
      - Wisp!
        
         reply
        October 7, 2008 9:31 PM
        
        I heard someone describe Wars as a mix of Tribes, Counter-Strike and Battlefield.
        
        Call of Duty 4 is just Counter-Strike with prone, aiming down the sights, unlockable weapons and more grenade spam. It's good at what it does (in my opinion, better than CS), but it's multiplayer is not very original.
        
        But in reality, Crysis Wars is totally different than COD4, and is more comparable to BF. I've barely played any Battlefield...so I'll just throw out the magic word that makes Crysis so awesome: nukes.
        
        dedgecko
        
         reply
        October 8, 2008 8:09 AM
        
        no - saying Nukes in World in Conflict is a magic phrase - in CW it signifies the end of the round. And from every pub I've been on it's been a complete asswhooping.
        
        Again, if the shack puts up a pub 32 player server, or a private 16 player server using the mid-sized maps, then perhaps I could change my tone. But for now it's a poor mishmash of BF and CS with netcode that pales in comparison to either.
        
        Wisp!
        
         reply
        October 8, 2008 5:53 PM
        
        There is a Shack server. I don't have the IP on hand, though.
- jtthe2nd
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 5:08 PM
  
  I enjoyed it...even the alien parts. Having effective weapons against the aliens really makes a difference in actually enjoying the game.
- mrhankeydinks
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 7:33 PM
  
  I beg to differ. I can run Crysis on All High settings on my Core 2 Duo 3.2ghz ATI Hd4870 and 2gb of DDR2 800 RAM, but Crysis Warhead is giving me a headache.
  - IHATEDUST
    
     reply
    October 7, 2008 10:36 PM
    
    That doesn't make any sense. Everyone said they optimized this build compared to Crysis.
  - Djsoulshot
    
     reply
    October 7, 2008 11:46 PM
    
    Mine prefetches completely crazily under Warhead, same setup as yours.
- Clench
  
   reply
  October 7, 2008 10:06 PM
  
  Great Price. Crysis is still an average game. Developers really need to stop charging $50 for every piece of crap they produce.